with governor cuomo much, i watched his segment earlier this afternoon with brooke baldwin and was supportive of everything the guy said. the governor said, look, this isn t about president trump. this is about america. this isn t a red and blue issue. this is a red, white and blue issue. this is about how we dial it back overall. that s a question that will will not end here, won t end with this president. whether you re sitting in the oval office, you have the biggest megaphone in the country, and you are sending a message on how everybody should behave. no matter what president trump said, everyone would be on cable news saying he didn t go far enough, didn t say enough. let me ask you a question. when white powder was sent to the trump children, didn t hear anybody cry on cable news saying, oh, my god, what is going on with the trump kids what are people attacking the trump family? where was it? silence. there wasn t enough outrage there. senator collins had a ricin scare.
to hillary clinton. the secret service, stephanie, has not said whether or not there is a pattern and whether or not these packages came from the same sender. what we do know is that the protocols, the systems are in place and they appear to be working. the trip wires appear to be working. secret service has intercepted these packages and no dangers to their intended recipient. former president barack obama and former presidential candidate hillary clinton and former president bill clinton. they get the highest level of scrutinies, all kinds of protocols in place to protect them. the secret service alerting these two packages have been intercepted. to backtrack, earlier in october we had the ricin scare at the pentagon. they found that suspect pretty quickly that was sending suspected ricin. it wasn t actually ricin to the pentagon. a lot of officials are working on this. what we know right now, two packages, we don t know whether or not they were connected.
tonight, breaking news as we come on the air in the west. authorities say several law enforcement officers were shot late today, at least one dead, all were responding to a scene. officials for a time calling this an active shooter incident. what we re now learning at this hour. also tonight, the president lashing out at dr. christine blasey ford, imitating her while onstage. tonight, the white house now saying he was not mocking her at all. and this evening, the key senators to watch. what each of them said today. their votes will determine the fate of brett kavanaugh. breaking news coming in right now. a house surrounded, after that ricin scare. three envelopes sent. among them, one addressed to the president. another to the defense secretary. tactical teams on the scene right now, and what we know about the suspect. the emergency unfolding a
they want some version of this to be made public. but republican leader mitch mcconnell has yet to agree with that, stressing that it s never been done before. david? mary bruce on the watch on capitol hill for us. mary, thank you. now, to another developing story right now. what appears to be a major break in that ricin scare. suspicious envelopes, among them letters addressed to the president and the defense secretary. and tactical teams are, right now, outside a home in logan, utah. there is a man in custody at this hour. and abc s chief justice correspondent pierre thomas on what we know about him so far. reporter: tonight, federal agents at the logan, utah, home of a man they suspect of mailing those threatening letters to the white house and pentagon. as a precaution in case they encountered the deadly poison ricin, authorities proceeded carefully in tactical gear, concerned about the potential of toxic chemicals. the fbi is questioning a suspect, described as a former navy
a nonanswer. shepard: all right, chris. we ll watch this sunday. i ll be interested to hear from the congressman. chris will be discussing lawmakers concerns that the attorney general lied under oath and mentioned congressman goodlat. ryan prevus will talk about rebranding on the next fox news sunday. the ricin scare is worse. two days after it was sent to the president obama and mayor of new york, three more deadly letters sent to different locations. word of a possible person of interest. we re continuing to monitor the fire in houston. this began i m told with a restaurant, spread to a nearby hotel. four firefighters injured. two of them now critical here in southwest houston and they re